TuckerBlair89 wrote:well I did say "one" thing I look for haha.It truly is important to be able to balance it out. Tillman was a good example from his time in Norfolk earlier this season. He was striking out 8-10 batters per 5-6 innings but the pitch count would be 100. It's important to make good pitches that hitters will chase on too. It's why people love 2S fastball's because hitters often knock them into the ground or K on them.

My question wasn't a challenge. I'd really like your opinion on this.

When I played the game pitch counts weren't an issue. When you got tired your arm slot fell or you started "pushing" the ball towards home and a good coach/manager saw that and made a change. Now, there's a real choice between shorter dominant outings and how far you go into a game.

ofahn wrote:How do you balance that with the high pitch counts that come from Ks?

Would you rather have a pitcher with a high K ratio that normally gives you six innings and out, or a pitcher with a high ground ball ratio that can normally pitch into the Eighth?

well I did say "one" thing I look for haha.It truly is important to be able to balance it out. Tillman was a good example from his time in Norfolk earlier this season. He was striking out 8-10 batters per 5-6 innings but the pitch count would be 100. It's important to make good pitches that hitters will chase on too. It's why people love 2S fastball's because hitters often knock them into the ground or K on them.

]]>2012-08-15T21:40:15-05:002012-08-15T21:40:15-05:00http://orioles-nation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1363&p=13129#p13129I know in Jordan's interview with him he said that he primarily was working on his change up this season. Wonder how many of these K's are on the change?

Regardless, One of the main things I look for in a pitcher is that they can miss bats.

]]>2012-08-15T15:53:49-05:002012-08-15T15:53:49-05:00http://orioles-nation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1363&p=13066#p13066Statistics: Posted by Baysox347 — August 15th, 2012, 3:53 pm
]]>2012-08-15T14:16:50-05:002012-08-15T14:16:50-05:00http://orioles-nation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1363&p=13052#p13052Jordan said the scout was impressed with him, so nice to see him continuing the success.